The WebKit guys have put together a new Javascript benchmark under the name “SunSpider“. It’s intended to go further than simple benchmarks like Celtic Kane’s and try to emulate real-world tasks. Safari/WebKit has been getting pretty quick on these benchmarks anyway, but this new one really shows its strengths. There are various comments about people’s… Read more »

Mishoo has responded to my comments about his excellent JavaScript calendar widget not working in Safari because of its lack of anonymous functions: http://dynarch.com/mishoo/home.epl?NEWS_ID=533 He has some good comments. Is there anything that can be done for Safari’s JavaScript environment? Venkman for Safari? Tweet